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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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